OPINION: Rational thinking
Brent Regan
In a recent Coeur d'Alene Press editorial, the lingering ghost of the former editor rises like swamp gas over the Florida Everglades to regurgitate tired and biased tropes against the Republican Party whose members are 63% of the registered voters in their market. When will Press management appreciate that insulting 63% of their potential customers is a poor business model? The public doesn’t need to be insulted; they need information.
To be a rational thinker means that you can consider ratios. You can compare the plusses to the minuses, the good and the bad, the improvements and the detriments to arrive at a balanced consideration of the facts. It isn’t thinking rationally if you only consider the arguments that agree with your opinion.
Let’s consider all the facts, not just the ones tailored to fit a narrative.
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